Control of the anisotropic organization of nanostructured silica-based hybrid materials
Control of the anisotropic organization of nanostructured silica-based hybrid materials
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DOI:
10.1021/cm011180u
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发表时间:
2002-02-01
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Nobili, M
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作者:
Boury, B;Ben, F;Nobili, M
This paper concerns the effect of changes in experimental conditions on the micrometric-scale organization observed in hybrid materials obtained from six rigid rod and semi-rigid bis-trialcoxsilylated precursors and one trisilylate after polycondensation at silicon. Different solvents and catalysts have been studied showing that birefringence properties are highly dependent on these parameters. A drastic effect of catalyst is observed especially in the case of basic catalysis, which is more or less capable of inducing a catalytic cleavage of the Si-O-Si bond. For instance, with NaOH either no or very weak birefringence can be observed, but the level of polycondensation at silicon is higher. In summary, the best experimental conditions for micrometric-scale organization are the use of HCl or nucleophilic catalysis (F-) in THF, DMF, NMF, and toluene.